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Letea Forest is the oldest natural reservation in Romania. It was established in 1938, when the Romanian Council of Ministers passed Decision No. 645 declaring the forest a nature reserve. It is located between the Sulina and Chilia branches of Danube in the Danube Delta. It covers an area of approximately . This forest was the initial foundation of the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve, which has been declared a World Heritage Site. It was internationally recognized as a Biosphere Reserve under UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere Programme in 1992.〔(UNEP-WCMC Protected Areas Programme - Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve ). Retrieved on 2008-07-23.〕 It has a subtropical aspect, due to the presence of the tropical creeper named ''Periploca graeca''. This is a Mediterranean plant which finds its most northern refuge in the Danube Delta. Along with this, types of liana and other climbing plants are woven on the branches of the trees, such as the wild vine, the hop plant and the ivy.〔〔(Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve - General Presentation ). Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve Authority. Retrieved on 2008-07-23.〕 Letea Forest is formed mainly from trees like white poplar, black poplar, elm tree, English oak, silver lime, narrow-leafed ash and common alder. Along with these ones above, it is completed by a rich scale of sub-shrub species.〔 It is also home for a rich fauna like the red-footed falcon, the white-tailed eagle, the roller, the hoopoe, the ''Vipera ursinii'' and the Danube Delta horse. There are approximately 1600 insect species identified.〔〔(Tulcea: Animalele semi-salbatice ameninta Padurea Letea ) . greenreport.ro. Retrieved on 2008-07-23.〕 == References == 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Letea Forest」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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